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New York, N.Y.. (Oktober 30, 2017)–Victory Sports & Underholdning er glad for at kunne annoncere underskrivelsen af den tidligere IBF World Junior Lightweight Champion Jose Pedraza til en flerårig ledelseskontrakt.
Pedraza af Cidra, Puerto Rico har en registrering af 22-1 med 12 knockouts. Siger Pedraza, “Jeg er meget glad for at underskrive med Victory Sports og ser frem til næste kapitel i min karriere. De repræsenterer et antal kommende krigere og arbejder også med elitekæmpere som Badou Jack, så jeg føler at Victory er det rigtige hold til at føre mig tilbage til et verdensmesterskab.” På 28 år gammel, Pedraza er en seks-årig professionel og en af de mest dekorerede amatører, der kommer ud af Puerto Rico. En olympier i 2008, Pedraza vandt også medaljer i adskillige internationale konkurrencer, herunder sølv i 2009 Verdensmesterskab for amatører i Milano og guld ved 2010 Centralamerikanske og Caribiske spil. Efter at pro i 2011, Pedraza vandt sin første 19 kæmper inden han erobrede IBF Junior Lightweight Championship i kun hans 20. kamp, fange bæltet med en enstemmig beslutning over Andrey Klimov i 12 omgang. Efter at have forsvaret sit bælte to gange, Pedraza mistede sit bælte tidligere i år i et oprørt over for Gervonta Davis, og ser nu på at komme tilbage. “Min mangel på aktivitet og kæmpede for at tage på i vægt på 130 kg påvirkede bestemt min præstation i min sidste kamp,” siger Pedraza, “men jeg arbejder hårdt og ser frem til snart at vende tilbage. Jeg tror, at letvægtsafdelingen er det sted, hvor jeg vil sætte mit præg og er spændt på at komme tilbage i ringen.” Præsident for Victory Sports Rick Torres føler, at Pedraza er klar til at afgive en erklæring i Lightweight, “Jose Pedraza er ikke den bedste fighter i Puerto Rico, og vi er meget stolte over at byde ham velkommen til Victory Sports-familien. Vi føler, at Jose kan være en styrke i letvægt. Der er en række attraktive kampe i divisionen, fra Jorge Linares til Mickey Garcia, som alle ville skabe store kampe for boksefans.” “Jose er en enorm fighter hvem, ved otteogtyve, er stadig i sin fysiske prime,” forklarede Victory Sports COO Mike Leanardi. “Vi søger at få ham tilbage i ringen så hurtigt som muligt. Derefter, efter en tune-up kamp eller to, der er ingen grund til, at Jose ikke vil være klar til at påtage sig de bedste i verden,” Leanardi fortsatte. Pedraza slutter sig til Victory's voksende stab af krigere, inklusive ubesejrede verdensrangere, Sonny Fredrickson og Tyler McCreary. Grundlagt af den kendte sportsadvokat Rick Torres og boksetræner Mike Leanardi, Victory Sports & Entertainment er et atletadministrationsselskab med kontorer i New York og Las Vegas. |
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SANDERS ON LEMKE REMATCH: “I’M GOING TO STEAL HIS SOUL AND I’M GOING TO BREAK HIS WILL”
PRESSEMEDDELELSE: Lewiston, Maine (April 27, 2017) – Aldrig en til at bakke ned fra en udfordring, or an opportunity to call out the competition, “The” Ryan Sanders is irked by the tone of the scuttlebutt since his first fight with Jon Lemke last November.
Ja, the skirmish stopped during the third round, due to a deep cut on Lemke’s head. But with Sanders leading comfortably, 20-18, på alle tre kort, he was declared the winner.
It all fell in line with the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, and it surely reflected Sanders’ conviction that he was well in command of the bout and on his way to victory, regardless. Since that night, den Lørdag before Thanksgiving, dog, Sanders, 29, says that Lemke and others in his camp have been a tad too outspoken about their belief that it was somehow a tainted victory.
In a recent interview with Jason Floyd on “The MMA Report Podcast,” Sanders held nothing back when queried about his motivation to dole out another beating when the former training partners meet this Saturday, April 29 in a rematch at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston.
Denne gang, it’s the tournament final for the vacant lightweight title at “NEF 28: Invincible.”
“I was a little upset afterwards that (Lemke) said he thought it should have been a no-contest,” Sanders said. “What Jon won’t talk about or say is that right before I got that takedown, he quit. He quit in my arms.”
Sanders (13-8) clarified that comment, adding that while Lemke (6-7) didn’t say the word explicitly, his vast experience in the cage underscored his belief that the end was nigh.
“A fighter knows when someone is about to give up, and Jon was about to give up,"Sagde han. “He wasn’t fighting that takedown in my arms. He was just dead weight in my arms, so it’s a bit frustrating that he would say that.”
It didn’t take long for the stars to align and serve up the second helping that both fighters’ fan bases crave. With a shot at the strap in the offing, both men made short work of their 155-pound tournament semifinal opponents in February.
Sanders landed a vicious kick to the jaw of John Ortolani that ended their confrontation in a mere 15 sekunder. Lemke was just as impressive, needing only a minute longer to dispatch Jesse “the Viking” Erickson.
Typically it’s the defeated fighter in this scenario who covets the chance at vindication, but Sanders sounds like the one with an axe to grind after hearing some of the public perception about his previous win.
“I’m happy that we get a rematch and to be able to show everyone that the first time it wasn’t a fluke and to have my hand raised again,” Sanders, der er 6-1 in his past seven fights, sagde. “I’m unstoppable right now. I’m surrounded with the best people. I’ve got great teammates, great coaches and an amazing wife … Any guy who fights me, they are (screwed)."
Asked if he is bent on earning a submission to achieve a measure of unfinished business, Sanders quickly declared that any form of victory will suffice.
“Not necessarily to get a stoppage victory, but I’m going to show him. It will be five months since we fought, and I’ve been in the gym every day, and I’m going to show him that he’s not on my level,” Sanders said. “Eventually the victory will come whether it’s a submission, a TKO, a knockout. Jon does have a lot of heart, but I’m going to be stealing it from him. I’m going to steal his soul and I’m going to break his will.
“I’m a grappler, so I do prefer a nice submission victory,” he continued. “But whatever he gives me I’ll take, and I’m going to go in there and take it. I’m going to take that belt home. That is my belt, and I’ve worked too hard to let anyone else take it from me.”
The rivalry between Sanders and Lemke is a natural one. They were former stablemates at Team Irish before Sanders switched to rival Young’s MMA.
Sanders said he didn’t earn enough takedowns for his liking in the previous encounter, but he believes the scorecards were an accurate reflection of how he dominated the fight.
“I knew he was a tough dude. He could take a punch. He could take a kick,” Sanders said. “I feel like I was getting the best of it.”
A second bout with Lemke fits Sanders’ profile as a fighter willing to take on anyone, overalt, når som helst.
Sanders, who has been matched in his career with the likes of Marcus Davis, Gil de Freitas, Levan Makashvili, Luis Felix and Derrick Kennington, has won his last five in a row on Maine soil.
He dropped back-to-back decisions to de Freitas in his two previous bids for an NEF title and naturally predicts that he won’t let the third chance at gold slip away.
“I know with the training I’m putting in that I’m destined for greatness,” Sanders said. “My work has shown that, and my future fights will show that. I know I’m there to fight the best. Look at the guys I’ve fought. They’re UFC or Bellator vets, or they’re top-five fighters in the region.
"(The fans are) going to witness a great fight, a great performance by Ryan Sanders,” he concluded. “They may say, ‘This guy’s being (a jerk). He’s real cocky.’ It’s not that I’m cocky. I’m fully confident in my training and in my training partners and in my coaches and in myself that I am ready to fight anybody in the region and beat anybody in the region.”
The opening bell for “NEF 28: Invincible” on April 29 er indstillet til 7 p.m. Billetter starter ved $25 og kan findes på www.TheColisee.com eller ved at ringe til Colisee box office på 207.783.2009, extension 525.
LEMKE ON LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE SHOT: “I JUST THINK ABOUT GETTING THAT BELT AND DEFENDING THAT BELT”
PRESSEMEDDELELSE: Lewiston, Maine (April 27, 2017) – Not everybody in life gets blessed with a shot at redemption. Jonathan Lemke will bask in that opportunity on multiple fronts when he battles “The” Ryan Sanders for the vacant NEF lightweight title this Lørdag, April 29 at Androscoggin Bank Colisee as part of “NEF 28: Invincible.”
It’s the second shot at the NEF strap for Lemke, who lost a split decision to Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington in February 2016 at “NEF 21: THE IMMORTALS.” Lemke also looks forward to the rematch with Sanders after their fight in November was abbreviated due to a gash on Lemke’s head.
“Definitely after the way the last one ended, I still feel like I have a little unfinished business, a little chip on my shoulder,” Lemke said recently in an interview on “The Maine Event” podcast with Ryan Jarrell and Bryan Stackpole. “I definitely want to go out there and take care of business this time.”
Sanders (13-8) won a unanimous decision when the verdict went to the scorecards by virtue of the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.
Like his opponent and former stablemate, Lemke (6-7) has carved out a reputation as a fighter who will take on all comers. The first bout with Sanders extended his winless streak to four fights, but the quality of opposition – Devin Powell, Josh LaBerge and Boyington preceded Sanders – are good for more than an asterisk.
He snapped that run in short order with a first-round TKO of Jesse “The Viking” Erickson in February’s tournament semifinals.
“I’m very excited, very grateful,” Lemke said. “This is the culmination of a lot of years, a lot of hard work, to be at this point again and see some of that pay off.”
Lemke doesn’t believe that he needs the title to validate his years under the NEF umbrella. On the flip side, dog, it is a line on the personal checklist on which he is hungry to leave his mark.
“It would mean a lot,” he acknowledged. “It wouldn’t define me either way, but at the same time certainly one of the goals I set out to achieve when I first started this sport was to take care of business on the regional end and to be a regional champion.”
Previous champions Powell, Boyington and Dez Green made the lightweight belt NEF’s most coveted honor by using it as a springboard to opportunities on a national scale.
Lemke, who has enjoyed the spotlight as part of both a Bellator card and Dana White’s “Lookin’ for a Fight” UFC audition, denied that he is looking ahead to greener pastures.
“I haven’t given it a lot of thought about where it would take me,"Sagde han. “I just think about getting that belt and defending that belt. It’s always one fight at a time.”
Between their days training together with Team Irish (Sanders now fights out of Young’s MMA) and their previous fight, Lemke and Sanders know one another as well as any NEF title fight opponents in history.
While Lemke allows for the possibility that both men will dip into their bag of tricks, he said fans shouldn’t expect too many surprises.
“I think stylistically it will be a little bit different. Game plan wise it will be a little bit different. At the start you might see some different wrinkles from both,” Lemke said “But at the end of the day we are both familiar with each other, so it will be a similar type fight.”
He also sees the confrontation living up to every ounce of its billing.
“One of the statements from the first card was that I believe this fight could headline any card, any regional or national promotion, and I still believe that,” Lemke said. “It’s a fight the fans want to see.”
And it’s a fight he naturally believes he will win the second time around.
“I’m healthy as can be. Had a good, tough camp, and I’m looking forward to getting out there and performing my business,” Lemke said. “I believe in my overall skill set and believe that overall skill set will lead to the victory.”
The opening bell for “NEF 28: Invincible” on April 29 er indstillet til 7 p.m. Billetter starter ved $25 og kan findes på www.TheColisee.com eller ved at ringe til Colisee box office på 207.783.2009, extension 525.
Petr Petrov to host Q and A, TOMORROW at 12 PMnoon Eastern time live on Twitter
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Terry Flanagan – Petr Petrov Press Conference Photos
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